Le Bois le Roi

So, since I failed so horribly at blogging in Febuary I'll try to do better in March.

Today we (me, Sarah and Hannah) went to a place called Le Bois le Roi. It's the second time I've been there. We went with some friends that we met at the church. It's kind of like a provincial park type of thing. But, there are boulders everywhere. Jeremy said last week that it looks like God just threw a bunch of pepples (but they're boulders) and where ever they landed that's where they stayed. There are just boulders everywhere. It was pretty cool to see. We went to go rock climbing, or bouldering. And that is what we did. We stopped and we ate (I had a pain with salami on it) and then we played "cache cache" or hide and seek, sardine style. Exact same game. It was super fun. But, I'm quite sleepy now.

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To all of you who follow this blog, I apologize that. I am trying to rectify the situation.

So, the last time I wrote a blog I think we had just been to London and then to Normandy...so it has been over a month since I have written anything. I'll try to make this a long one. I will consult my journal to be sure I get all the key points since Feb 8.

My classes have started. At first I was in the intermediaire level. But, I was able to switch with out too much difficulty to the "niveau avancée"

We experienced the olympics in Paris. We kicked it off by going to a rollar blading celebration. Jeremy found out about it. We went to the eiffel tower and saw the rollar bladers off. We enjoyed some maple syrup taffy (with ice since there's no snow here), cranberry juice (who knew that was Canadian?) and pancakes and maple syrup - it was delicious. We met a new friend from Quebec who has family in Gatineau. COOL! The rollar bladers came back and they spelled out VANCOUVER 2010 in these torch flashlight things. It was strange to see our two worlds come together. Eating maple syryp treats in front of the Eiffel Tower. And then of course we watched the opening ceremonies the next day. The olympics meant many late nights for us. Or, for Hannah getting up in the middle of the night to watch the third period. For the first Canada US game we went to the Great Canadian Pub. They have moosehead beer there. And, it was all a fairly good price (compared to everywhere else in Paris) We sat with a mother and daughter from PEI. The daughter knows a friend of mine from Chicoutimi, wierd.

We of course watched the gold medal game. We went to an Irish pub since the Great Canadian Pub charged 30 euros cover fee. So, we didnt' go there. There were lots of Americans there. We went with some French friends and it was the first game that they saw in full. It was a good game for that. It was a little sad being here for that game because I'm sure at that moment when that goal was scored in over time every person in Canada that was old enough to understand what was going on celebrated. All at the same time. I'm sure it was a nation wide party. But, it was cool being here too. We sang O Canada on the metro home that night. It was a good moment

We've gone skating since then with our Texican friend Mario.

We've experienced Valentine's Day here. But, it really didn't feel like it - there was no red or pink hearts anywhere.

We went to a march aux puces for the first time - a flea market. I bought a pair of sunglasses. A flea markert here. So different. The people in the booths try and drag you into their booths. Hannah and Sarah even tried thier hand at haggling.

I have also started my phonetics class. Which I actually really enjoy. I feel like its really the only thing that I can't learn any where else. So I really want to "profiter" from it. I have an hour and a half between my grammer class and my phonetics class. During this time I've been going to the cemetery and exploring it a little bit. I love cemeteries. And it's been cool just wandering around this one.

I also went to see the Swell Season and Josh Ritter with Hannah. Great night. They were so fantastic. So good live!

I also recieved my first mail. That was pretty exciting. Thanks auntie Carol, uncle Dean, Corey, Tyler and Shannon. I think they must love me the most (hint - I like getting mail)